River Ben
the cutoff spot, Cornel Cimpan opened the pot to 70,000. Next to act, Ben Grundy made the call, and the blinds folded out of the way.
The board came out with the two players check-checking it all the way down. In the end, Cimpan was first to show, but he pump faked and hesitated. Grundy went ahead and showed .
From the smirk on Cimpan's face, it was clear that he was ahead until the ace fell on fifth street. From across the table, Najib Bennani quipped, "River Ben!"
The five men are all laughing and joking with each other, but the situation is becoming serious for Cimpan. Since counting himself at over one million, he has dropped well over half of his stack in short order.